Land of the Pharaohs

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Friday, July 12, 2019, 9:00pm - 10:45pm

Location:

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

URL:

https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019junaug/hawks.html#land

Event Description:

Gazette Classification: Film Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film
Archive Cost: $9 - Regular Admission $7 - Non-Harvard Students,
Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens. Free for Harvard
students Contact Info: bgravely@fas.harvard.edu Link:
https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019junaug/hawks.html#land The
most radical departure from the more familiar genre territories
explored by Hawks is his ill-fated tale of ancient Egypt — a saga of
hubris, greed and obsession with the afterlife — that was also the
director's first and only major box-office bomb. Over time, "Land of
the Pharaohs" has earned a place as a beloved and much-admired cult
film and as proof of the auteurist theory that even the most seemingly
outlier films are essential to a filmmaker's oeuvre. In this case, the
film provides the typical Hawksian balance between thrilling action
spectacle — especially the construction of the pharaoh's tomb and
gripping sequences with poisonous vipers — and intimate romantic
rivalries, with a young Joan Collins casting a particularly bewitching
spell as a Cypresian princess determined to charm her way into the
heart of the pharaoh and his secret treasure trove.

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Friday, July 12, 2019 - 21:00 to 22:45

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